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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday (October 26, 2025) highlighted that the 21st period is the period of India and ASEAN nations, and reaffirmed that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is simply a large pillar of India’s Act East Policy.
“The 21st period is our century, the period of India and ASEAN,” PM Modi said successful his virtual code to the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit successful Kuala Lumpur successful Malaysia, stressing the deep-rooted historical, cultural, and civilisational bonds.
He congratulated Malaysia and its Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for successfully hosting the 47th ASEAN Summit and commended the Philippines for serving arsenic the state coordinator for India. Further, helium welcomed East Timor’s inclusion arsenic the 11th subordinate authorities of the ASEAN community.
He besides extended condolences connected the demise of Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit. He noted that India and ASEAN unneurotic correspond astir one-fourth of the world’s population, adding, “India and ASEAN unneurotic correspond astir one-fourth of the world’s population. We bash not conscionable stock geography but are besides connected by beardown humanities ties and shared values.”
PM Modi emphasised that India and ASEAN are chap travellers successful the Global South, moving unneurotic to guarantee stability, growth, and prosperity. “Even successful this epoch of uncertainty, the India-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has shown dependable progress,” helium said, adding that the beardown concern is emerging arsenic a cardinal instauration for planetary stableness and development.
In his six-minute-long code to the summit, Prime Minister Modi reaffirmed India’s accordant enactment for ASEAN centrality and the ASEAN Outlook connected the Indo-Pacific, underscoring that practice betwixt the 2 regions is captious for bid and prosperity crossed Asia.
“ASEAN is not conscionable portion of our overseas argumentation but a cornerstone of India’s Act East vision,” PM Modi said, reaffirming New Delhi’s committedness to gathering a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar volition correspond Prime Minister Modi astatine the 20th East Asia Summit successful Kuala Lumpur connected October 27. The East Asia Summit volition supply an accidental to deliberate connected the challenges to peace, stableness and prosperity successful the Indo-Pacific portion and besides speech views connected determination and planetary developments.
Prime Minister Modi participated successful each ASEAN-India Summits since 2014 (and 1 Commemorative Summit held successful New Delhi successful January 2018) but successful 2022. At the 25th twelvemonth Commemorative Summit successful New Delhi successful January 2018, the leaders of each 10 ASEAN countries graced the 69th Republic Day Parade arsenic India’s guests of honour.
Prime Minister Modi had, connected Thursday (October 23), shared details of his speech with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
In a station connected X, PM Modi said, “Had a lukewarm speech with my beloved friend, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia. Congratulated him connected Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship and conveyed champion wishes for the occurrence of upcoming Summits.”
He added, “Look guardant to joining the ASEAN-India Summit virtually, and to further deepening of the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.”
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established connected August 8, 1967, successful Bangkok, Thailand. Founding members see Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and astir recently, Timor-Leste are its members.
The ASEAN Charter provides ineligible presumption and an organization model for ASEAN, and it entered into unit successful 2008. The ASEAN Secretariat, acceptable up successful February 1976, is based successful Jakarta.
Malaysia is the Chair of ASEAN for the twelvemonth 2025, and the Philippines volition beryllium the Chair successful 2026. India began ceremonial engagement with ASEAN successful 1992 arsenic a “Sectoral Dialogue Partner” (Secretary level interaction) and subsequently arsenic a “Dialogue Partner” successful 1995. The archetypal years arsenic a Dialogue Partner (DP) entailed enactment astatine the Foreign Minister level, which was further upgraded to the Summit level successful 2002, erstwhile the archetypal specified Summit-level gathering was held successful Cambodia.
At the Commemorative ASEAN-India Summit held successful 2012 to commemorate the 20th day of ASEAN-India relations successful New Delhi successful 2012, India’s Dialogue Partnership was further elevated to a Strategic Partnership.
During the Commemorative ASEAN-India Summit held successful 2018 to commemorate 25th Anniversary of ASEAN-India relations successful New Delhi (January 2018), India and ASEAN person further agreed that India’s Strategic Partnership volition beryllium focused connected gathering practice successful the maritime domain.
The 30th day of ASEAN-India relations was held successful 2022, and the twelvemonth was designated arsenic ASEAN-India Friendship Year.
At the 19th ASEAN-India Summit to commemorate the 30th day of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations connected November 12, 2022, the Strategic Partnership was elevated to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and connected this occasion, the “Joint Statement connected ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” was adopted.
